I certainly wouldn't hire a guy that trapped for 50 years,while drinking beer in clinton county who claims coyotes just appeared during the last 8 years.

Deerfly,It's true the herd was kept under 21 dpsm in Cameron county for probably at least 20 years.Had the habitat been healthy to begin with,you'd probably see some good regeneraton.However,when the habitat is already stressed,it takes alot less deer to further impact it.The one area where I hunt was timbered in 2001.This area is almost strait up and down.It's so steep that they hauled the logs off the mountain with a helicopter.It's way too steep to get adequate hunting pressure and a sufficient deer kill.You can really only hunt one small bench below the top and the top of the mountain itself.The overstory on this mountain is mainly chestnut oak,red oak and white oak.Despite having an oak dominated overstory,there is zero oak regeneration to be found and no stump sprouts have survived.The only regeneration occuring is some striped maple,black birch and red maple,which is getting harder to find.The habitat is so poor in the surrounding area that the deer concentrate in this area once all the mast is cleaned up and eat everything in sight.Once the habitat is in poor shape,it's very hard to any improvements unless the deer herd is drastically reduced.